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Sarah has been visiting UW-Madison Special Collections to view illustrated natural history books, including 'Der monahtlich-herausgegebenen Insecten-Belustigung,' a set of insect books by August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof published from 1746–1761. See more: https://t.co/go6wQX0d4o

Here are a few of our regular neighbors on the East Side of Milwaukee between the river and the lake! All come from paintings by the Italian-American nature artist Athos Menaboni reproduced in 'Menaboni’s Birds.' Learn more: https://t.co/tnSuk1hjx0

#Feathursday

On this date, August 9 in 1944, the United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council released posters featuring #SmokeyBear for the first time. To commemorate this milestone, we present pages and panels from 'Smokey the Bear' comic book, Dell No.708, June 1956.

This chromolithograph is from our 2-volume set of 'Our Native Birds of Song and Beauty,' by Henry Nehrling (1853-1929), and published in MKE by George Brumder from 1893-1896. It features birds like the Ruby-throated Hummingbird & the Northern Cardinal! https://t.co/W5tlnO83oA

You can find the entirety of 'The Sphere' in our Digital Collections here: https://t.co/ymFefNESvi

For this #MilwaukeeMonday we're sharing collage pages from the MKE grocery fanzine (”The Nation’s First and Only”) 'The Sphere' by Milwaukee-born-and-raised Wisconsin designer, collage artist, letterpress printer, & book artist Mike Koppa. Learn more: https://t.co/YZIzxrV502

Life & death hang in the balance in this 1937 painting by Owen J. Gromme from his 1963 book 'Birds of Wisconsin' published for the Milwaukee Public Museum. He captures the moment just before a Peregrine Falcon makes a potential meal of a Green-winged Teal! https://t.co/WrVNJxnsqd

Congratulations to our hometown Milwaukee Bucks who won the NBA Championship Finals last night, their first in 50 years. To celebrate here are deer images from Part 1, Volume 3 of 'Brehms Thierleben' (1883); and our children’s periodical 'Sunday. 1881.'

Last Friday was National Cherry Day! In celebration of these delicious fruits in the height of their deliciousness, we’re sharing cherries from 'The Cherries of New York,' published in 1915 in Albany, N.Y. by J.B. Lyon Company. Learn more: https://t.co/oN1afsSlO0

Check out these samples of wood type from a recently acquired, untitled and undated specimen catalog from the Luzern, Switzerland, wood-type manufacture Roman Scherer. We think the catalog was produced ca. 1905. Learn more: https://t.co/hxQtZwcjbg